Us. Police have one man in custody tonight. After responding to a call about an unresponsive 7 yearold at the siegel suites. Fox5s Kathleen Jacob is live at the scene after talking to police. Kathleen . Faith,, this is still an active crime scene. You can see the back half of this parking lot is completely taped off and police are still investigating what led to this horrible traumatic death. They say 7 people room here. The mother of the child and her three kids. Plus another couple and their two kids. The man that is a part of that other couple is the one police think is responsible. These are some of the most difficult investigations that any of us have to deal with, even from the most experienced detectives. Its very sad that we are investigating this as a child abuse death. Police got the call around 3 pm from the Fire Department. A 7yearold child. Unresponsive. The signs point to abuse. The initial reports were that it was trauma to the body of the child, so its not a child had m
Alejandra Molina
Laddie Williams is photographed on Sunday, July 11, 2021, outside First Baptist Church of Venice in Los Angeles. Williams, a lifelong Oakwood resident, began sitting outside the church in 2017, in protest of the sale of the church. Others became involved in the churchâs preservation efforts after seeing her sitting outside the church. (Alejandra Molina/RNS via AP) July 27, 2021 - 12:01 PM
LOS ANGELES (RNS) â On a recent Sunday, about 10 people sat outside the steps of the boarded-up First Baptist Church of Venice, a century-old congregation that, to many, remains a symbol of the thriving Black population that once existed in the seaside town of Los Angeles.
By ALEJANDRA MOLINA
Religion News Service
LOS ANGELES (RNS) â On a recent Sunday, about 10 people sat outside the steps of the boarded-up First Baptist Church of Venice, a century-old congregation that, to many, remains a symbol of the thriving Black population that once existed in the seaside town of Los Angeles.
They discussed potential uses for the church that would benefit the community. It could reopen as a library to highlight the Black history of the Oakwood neighborhood, some suggested. Maybe it could host coding classes for kids or serve as a space for interfaith gatherings. They also shared childhood memories of the church and lamented the forces transforming Venice from a working-class and bohemian artist enclave to a wealthy neighborhood. They bemoaned the new geometric boxed houses lining the streets â houses they said feel out of character with the area.